Mumbai has reported 42 cases of swine flu between January to August 2020 compared to 432 cases during the same period in 2019, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data. In 2019, Mumbai recorded a total of 451 swine flu cases and five deaths. Until February 2020, Mumbai saw 21 cases of swine flu, and the remaining 21 cases of swine flu were reported from March 1 to August 25, 2020, amid the Covid-19 outbreak. In terms of deaths due to swine flu, in July and August 2020, Mumbai recorded zero cases of swine flu compared to 159 cases and two deaths being reported during the same period in 2019. However, in case of swine flu, unlike Covid-19, a vaccine is available and lakhs of citizens countrywide have been given the vaccine.

Source: Hindustan Times August 26, 2020 03:33 UTC